Research by corporate IM vendor OmniPod indicated the most popular instant messaging terms commonly used in the business world.
- BRB (be right back)
- CTRN (can’t talk right now)
- IMO (in my opinion)
- HTH (hope this–or that–helps)
- IAM (in a meeting)
- WFM (works for me)
- BFO (blinding flash of the obvious)
- DHTB (don’t have the bandwidth)
- IHMB (I hate my boss)
- SLAP (sounds like a plan)